Make a Small Lathe Big! DIY Risers

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5 жыл бұрын

This is one of my practical wood turning projects. With inspiration from Kyle Toth, I increased the capacity of my wood turning lathe by making my own riser blocks.

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@BradsWorkbench 3 жыл бұрын

Very nice. Might be trying this with my Harbor Freight lathe

@justinclaspillwoodworking4034 3 жыл бұрын

it did not even occur to me to put a block of wood with sandpaper on it on the lathe and use it as a disc sander. great trick. also very good build!

@tompatrick9070 Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I have an older small lathe I don’t want to spend the $ to replace. I already converted to DC variable speed for $50, so this will give me capacity to do large bowls!

@glencrandall7051 5 жыл бұрын

I see that you stepped right up and solved that problem. Looking forward to seeing how well the larger capacity does. Thank you for sharing.

@BrentDaughertyMe 2 жыл бұрын

I love it. I was about to get this lathe, but just discovered there is a Rikon 70-150VSR with outbound turning of 15". Seems to be about the same otherwise.

@SMOKEY-JAYS-DIESEL 6 ай бұрын

Awesome job 👏🙏

@lemagreengreen Жыл бұрын

I was just thinking about this today and hopped on youtube to see if anyone had done it! I have basically the same lathe as you but mine is Record Power branded. Have been wanting to turn spoons so need more swing to accomodate the handle... might go scrap hunting for some thick steel or iron but if I can't find anything I'll try these blocks.

@SawDustMakerRJM 5 жыл бұрын

Great job Rob!

@miketabar2327 5 жыл бұрын

Good problem solving idea. I am going to do the same to my lathe too....when I get one.

@SouthernGinger 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome job buddy!

@richardpatterson4312 4 жыл бұрын

Another awesome video man. I'm going to turn my 14 inch Jet into a 20 inch jet. I'd prefer to just get a longer post on the tool rest. I don't know if I can order one or if i have to do what you did. Also, with 20inches that disc sander jig is a "must make" as well

@texanthom 5 жыл бұрын

Ingenious!

@rickygrix8877 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks brother.!

@GabiFodorrasRO 3 жыл бұрын

Superb....big like !!!

@WildmanTech 5 жыл бұрын

Good job man! Glad I found you. Subbed!

@heretoserve5023 Жыл бұрын

THANK YOU

@houstoncustomwoodworks6970 Жыл бұрын

Genius!

@DeathSong 2 жыл бұрын

my god man you're a genius haha

@MoonpieCreations 5 жыл бұрын

hahahaha, well welcome to the big boys club. I look forward to the next video. Ken

@warrenmaker798 4 жыл бұрын

great video thanks. I have the exact same lathe as yours. Could you please post the link to the actual page of the belt you used as I can't seem to find it on the web site you linked to. Thank you kindly.

@nebegdj5954 5 жыл бұрын

hi mister rob always be carefull when you working with the tablesaw its so dangerous ,god bless you mister rob in your job

@SteveBueche1027 5 жыл бұрын

This was great. Now I need to adopt this to my Harbor Freight lathe.

@arthursmith3154 5 жыл бұрын

How do you increase belt length? I want to raise my lathe 3" on my harbor freight lathe.

@SteveBueche1027 5 жыл бұрын

Arthur Smith use a string and measure all the way around both pulleys. Search on line for that measurement. The challenge is the micro adjustment for tension and installation. I haven’t built mine yet so I can’t give you a definitive answer.

@FranklinWoodWorks2016 5 жыл бұрын

@@arthursmith3154 Jackson Brown is correct. Just measure the dimensions you will need (don't forget width and groove type) and search online. I found mine at RockAuto.com.

@FranklinWoodWorks2016 5 жыл бұрын

Or, measure your current belt, add the amount of rise you're adding x 2, and that's the length you'll need. Example: Currently have a 20 inch belt - adding 2 inches of rise which increases capacity by 4 inches. 20 + 4 =24 for the new belt.

@SteveBueche1027 5 жыл бұрын

FranklinWoodWorks thanks!

@jonnybo20 4 жыл бұрын

I have the smaller rikon that I have to move the belts to change speeds. Where did you find a longer drive belt and is yours grooved like mine? I'm having trouble finding the stock belt as rikon seems to be always sold out but I'm wanting to add height like yours. Thanks, and great bowl, I watched it first.

@FranklinWoodWorks2016 4 жыл бұрын

I was able to go to an automotive belt manufacturer's website, plug in the dimensions and belt type, and come up with a solution. The description of the belt I ordered was an exact match (I think the belt was supposed to have 5 grooves). When the belt arrived, it only had four grooves. It's a little noisy, but the belt works. It may wear out a little faster because of the mismatched grooves, but so far so good.

@WobyDesign 4 жыл бұрын

@@FranklinWoodWorks2016 do you have the links to this by any chance? looking to rise up my rockler lathe

@wayneroyall1911 5 ай бұрын

I would love to find this website too if possible, please link it

@JamesCouch777 11 ай бұрын

Now I feel stupid for not thinking of this myself. Although I do have the option of doing outboard turning, this gives me options

@robertcornelius3514 2 жыл бұрын

Nice, but the only problem I see is that nut on the banjo. Do you remember what thread count it is?

@FranklinWoodWorks2016 2 жыл бұрын

When I purchased the longer bolt for the banjo, I just bought the nut that fit the bolt. The way my banjo works, there is a "floating washer" that tightens against rails, So the the nut size doesn't really matter.

@sanfire00 5 жыл бұрын

Cool... But I wonder if you can still reach the sides of a big bowl, isn't that toolrest too short?

@FranklinWoodWorks2016 5 жыл бұрын

I have a bunch of tool rests. The big sanding "disk" at the end of the video is 19 1/2 inches in diameter. I have a tool rest that reaches around to get the sides of that. I should have thought about that potential question when I put my smallest tool rest in the video. Thanks for commenting, and I appreciate you watching!

@carlaschurman6938 3 жыл бұрын

Where did you buy your belt from

@sdad46 4 жыл бұрын

Hi, I have a midi lathe with the same configuration as yours, that is the motor is mounted beneath the bed and uses a belt with 3 pulleys to set speed ranges. You talk briefly about the belt but dropped it. You obviously found a belt sized for the increase in length, but from what I understood you'd still need 3 belts, one for each riser. What am I missing here? Unless you chose to use all 3 risers all the time? Must be you did because you said something about glueing all the risers together.

@FranklinWoodWorks2016 4 жыл бұрын

I ended up with just the one belt. The project was almost a loss because I didn't consider the stationary motor. But, the end result was great.

@edmondalt6303 4 жыл бұрын

What size belt did you use?

@givikvachantiradze8256 2 жыл бұрын

Hello! Did you have to change the belt for the electric motor too?

@FranklinWoodWorks2016 2 жыл бұрын

Yes I did. I had to measure the length I needed, go to the Gates website (belts for cars and such) and find a belt that suited my needs.

@givikvachantiradze8256 2 жыл бұрын

@@FranklinWoodWorks2016 Thanks for the reply. I wish you good luck :)

@talltimberswoodshop7552 5 жыл бұрын

Now if I only had a lathe.

@georgecloninger3165 3 жыл бұрын

This probably isn't the place for this questions, but I am going to ask anyway. How are the riser blocks holding up on your lathe.? What kind of wood did you use?

@FranklinWoodWorks2016 3 жыл бұрын

I used hickory, and I mean rock hard hickory. No problems whatsoever.

@georgecloninger3165 3 жыл бұрын

@@FranklinWoodWorks2016 Thank you for getting back with me. That sounds like a good choice.

@brucebonkowsky9406 3 жыл бұрын

Franklin can you help me making my twin boys they want a certain toy that's not made I have a problem they want it towable gas POWERED mason cement mixer out of wood so they can pull them behind there Tonka trucks